New to C++

[jadendp]

Hi, I'm jadendp, I'm new to coding in general. I know some basics from C++ like some formatting, cin, cout, librarys and such. I'm looking to learn C++ so I can go onto more advanced stuff like coding cheats for games like CounterStrike-Source. Is there any guides that anyone can recommend to get started? I currently have this book http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=ivor+horton's+beginning+visual+c%2B%2B+2008&gs_upl=1172l3136l0l4430l12l10l0l0l0l0l338l2445l0.1.7.2l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1366&bih=643&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=5421111367696281486&sa=X&ei=OixsTtO4G-bKiALd5oi9Dg&ved=0CDQQ8wIwAw Ivor Horton's beginning visual c++ 2008 and I'm wondering if it will suffice to the needs of the knowledge I will need to code cheats for some games? After I know a lot of c++ and I've been coding the cheats for a while I'm thinking about learning to code for ring0 drivers a more secure way of cheating for games. I'm sorry if these are really newbie questions I'm just getting started.

[Cuddlebuddie928]

I gotta say that I bought two books by Herbert Schildt and I regret it. I read 4 or 5 chapters of the book called "C++ from the Ground Up" but it seemed as though he was teaching the C language more than anything else--I didn't know that until I picked up one of Bjarne Stroustrup's books.... For example, he talks about strings as character arrays (literally char ch[20], etc) rather than using <string>. There's nothing wrong with C, but I bought the darn books to learn C++!

The book by Stroustrup that I bought is called "Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++" which has been great. I'm on chapter 9 right now (working on classes)... the book is very challenging for a solitare learner (such as myself) but it's well worth the effort. :)